Are you aged 16-18 and passionate about art, architecture, art history and visual culture? Join the Courtauld’s Young People’s Programme and take part in our free workshops!
You will collaborate with artists, curators, art historians and other young people interested in the arts to explore world famous artworks in the Courtauld Gallery Collection, uncover new research, experiment with new materials and discuss different approaches to understanding and making art – as well as learning more about the diverse career paths available with art history.
These workshops are free and open to students attending UK state schools and colleges. Some workshops are online, others are in-person, please check before booking.
Join us online to uncover why Impressionist artworks were so shocking when first exhibited in Paris in the second half of the 1800s with art historian Fran Herrick....
How can art history help us to think through questions of gender, subjectivity and ideas about ‘greatness’? This free online workshop will explore modern and contemporary artworks in a variety of mediums and consider how feminist art history helps us...
Join us as we explore Edouard Manet's world famous painting A Bar at the Folies-Bergere, to consider how radically the Impressionists captured their experiences of the city, and explore contemporary parallels to question what the city means to us tod...
Join us online for a chance to test practical curating and illustration activities and celebrate the re-opening of The Courtauld Gallery after three years’ refurbishment!...
What is a self-portrait? How do artists reveal their identity through self-portraiture? Join us online to celebrate our The Morgan Stanley Exhibition: Van Gogh. Self-Portraits...
Join art historian Tilly Scantlebury online to explore gender and sexuality through art. We will discuss the contemporary photography of Catherine Opie...
Why is art history relevant today and how can images from the past help us understand the present? Join us for this Summer University taster session....
Join us to explore a remarkable series of hauntingly beautiful, large-scale charcoal drawings by Frank Auerbach, one of the world’s most celebrated living artists (born 1931) currently on display at The Courtauld Gallery....
Art is all around us, and we are told that it is for 'us', but who decides what statues should commemorate, or which artworks are on display in art galleries....
Join us in-person at The Courtauld Gallery to uncover why Impressionist artworks were so shocking when first exhibited in Paris in the second half of the 1800s....
Discover colourful case studies in The Courtauld Collection with art historian Fran Herrick and relate these to contemporary artworks that continue a similarly bold and daring spirit of experimentation....
Join our An introduction to Art History | Ways of Looking online workshop which aims to introduce you to the dynamic subject of Art History and equip you with tools and enthusiasm to conduct your own art analysis....
Summer University at The Courtauld provides the perfect opportunity for Year 12, state school or college students to explore the exciting and dynamic subject, History of Art....
We have short Focus resources which look in detail at single artworks along with more in depth resources to help you plan and deliver exciting projects......
